On Quandamooka Sea Country (Moreton Bay), a team of multi-disciplinary scientists have captured unique footage that cements the popular bayside site’s importance as a humpback whale nursing and ...

The researchers captured the first known footage of humpback whale calves nursing in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

The first aerial sighting of a mom whale and her calf has been reported off the South Carolina coast. The Clearwater Marine ...

The whale calf was first observed in January with serious injuries to its mouth and head Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

A male northern bottlenose whale. Source: Cephas/Whitehead Lab, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY SA 4.0 license. A century of commercial whaling across the North Atlantic cut a swath ...

Spotting a new orca calf in the Salish Sea is always exciting to whale watchers and researchers, but the most recent baby whale bouncing in the waters is particularly notable. The female orca known as ...

In Australia, rescuers sprang into action to free a humpback calf from a deadly shark net as its mother watched. Off Timor-Leste, rare footage showed a blue whale nursing her calf — offering a glimpse ...

Though humans have tracked and studied whales for centuries, many of their behaviors remain a mystery to us. Whales often participate in behaviors that we do not fully understand, such as “trends” of ...